1. University of West Bohemia – Department of Cybernetics
Research profile
• speech recognition
Large vocabulary continuous speech recognition for Slavonic languages (Czech, Russian, Slovak)
• speech synthesis
Text-to-speech synthesis, available for Czech, Slovak, German, further languages under development
• audio-visual speech synthesis
Parametrically controllable 3D realistic face animation as a visual supplement of the text-to speech system
• audio-visual speech recognition
Lip-reading support for the acoustic speech recognition, increase of recognition rate in noisy environment
• speech corpora for synthesis and recognition
Text and speech corpora for speech recognition, especially for the Czech language, including audiovisual speech corpora
• speaker identification and verification
• speech signal processing
• methods of intelligent diagnostics
• voice dialogue systems
• sign language synthesis and recognition
Milos Zelezny
Assistant Professor
Research activities:
• audio-visual speech synthesis and recognition
• sign language synthesis and recognition
• gestures and emotions
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2. Project proposal – INFOSIGNER
Aim:
• Development of information dialog system for hearing-impaired people based on sign language and audio-visual speech processing
Technology:
• Sign language synthesis (avatar animation) and recognition
• Audio-visual speech synthesis (facial animation – talking head) and recognition (lip-reading)
• Recognition and synthesis of gestures and emotions
Applications:
• Various autonomous dialog systems for hearing-impaired people
• Signing virtual agents for speech-to sign or text-to-sign translation
• Communication aids helping hearing-impaired people to communicate with computer or with normally hearing people
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3. Project proposal – INFOSIGNER
Instruments:
• SO e-Inclusion, Call 5
„To develop next generation assistive systems that empower persons with (in particular cognitive) disabilities and aging citizens to play a full role in society, to increase their autonomy and to realize their potential.“
• IP – integrated project, perhaps STREP
Partnership:
• PREFERENCE: Join IP proposal with the same or similar subject
• Create consortium with reliable partners
• Partners from domains: technology (audio-visual speech/sign language processing), industrial implementators, user associations
Multilanguage processing:
• Spreading of partners across different countries should assure development of the system for different languages
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